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Transit Solutions Require Devolution And User Fees
Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation argues in support of devolved powers for transportation planning and for user fees to support new projects.
Wright's Utopian Residential Neighborhood
Usonia -- 47 hourses over 97 acres of hills in the New York City suburb of Pleasantville -- was the community Frank Lloyd Wright developed.
Operation Snow Fence: Saving Lives And Dollars
With PennDOT cooperation, high school students install miles of living snow fence along I-79 to improve safety, establish wildlife habitat, and beautify the countryside.
More Carpool Lanes For L.A.?
A proposed new 31-mile stretch of carpool lanes from Studio City to Thousand Oaks would cost $3.36-billion.
Univ. And City Team Up For Neighborhood Revitalization
Ohio State is trying to improve its neighborhood by transforming a 7.4-acre site into a mixed-use project intended both to attract shoppers and stimulate investment.
Smart Growth Plan Promotes Leapfrog Development?
Does the 1999 'Town & Country Plan' for Columbia, South Carolina promote leapfrog development?
Structural Reforms Examined For California's Budget
California Director of Finance Steve Peace discusses the challenge ahead in brokering a state budget agreement.
Sadfly's Struggle For Historic Preservation
A Georgia town struggles to fight growth by documenting its African American cultural past.
Is There Rocket Fuel In Your Salad?
Study finds the water sources of major cities such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Las Vegas have been contaminated with a component of missile fuel and poses health risks to 20 million people.
Starter Mansions Popping Up All Over Inland Empire
Southern California's Inland Empire, once the home of inexpensive tract homes, is attracting more high-end development, leaving more homebuyers priced out of region.
Special Report: The World's Water Crisis
BBC World Service investigates the world's growing water shortage.
Surveillance Nation, Part Two
MIT's Technology Review continues its in-depth examination of the proliferation of public monitoring technologies.
Challenges Abound For Historic Preservation Efforts In Havana
Havana's chief preservationist discusses the challenges of preserving the past and avoiding the planning mistakes of wealthier nations.
London Underground's Tube Games
The London Underground offers a series of online games, including subway car racing.
Ground Zero Memorial Competition Begins
A design competition has been launched to select a memorial for Ground Zero.
Multi-Family Rental Market Alluring Traditional Home Builders
Randall Lewis discusses the forces that led to the redirection of the focus of his 50-year old family business from traditional home building to master planned apartment communities.
Jeb Bush Urged To Veto Bill To Delay Everglades Cleanup
Congressional leaders urge Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to veto a bill to delay cleanup of the Everglades by a decade at the behest of the sugar industry.
Rediscovering Our Place In Nature
David Suzuki examines how the move from small villages to big cities has estranged us from nature, and particularly from biotechnology.
One Type Of Market Answer To Traffic And Congestion
Informal ridesharing is cropping up in many places, such as Washington D.C.
Urban Village Plan OKd
The Seattle suburb of Kenmore adopts a plan to reshape the city's downtown and also adopts new zoning to encourage denser mixed-use development.
Yukon Government
Caltrans
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Norman, Oklahoma
City of Portland
City of Laramie
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